Jessica

Artist Bio

Jessica Lee, violin

Violinist Jessica Lee, the grand prize winner of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, was featured in the Strad as the magazine’s “pick of up-and-coming musicians.” Describing her recital on the Ravinia Rising Stars series, the Chicago Tribune said, “Lee’s breathtaking dexterity should enchant anyone within hearing distance.” Lee made her debut recital at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium in 2007 and was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program. Lee is currently the Head of the Violin Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree under the tutelage of Robert Mann and Ida Kavafian. She completed her studies with Robert Mann for a master of music degree at the Juilliard School.